To mark the launch of the ‘Lifting the Lid on Lobbying’ report, Transparency International UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption hosted a discussion in Parliament on the report’s conclusions and its implications for parliamentary standards and the rules on lobbying in the UK.
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Guest blogger, Iain Anderson, Chairman of the Association of Professional Political Consultants, gives his take on our report Lifting the Lid on Lobbying: The Hidden Exercise of Power and Influence in the UK.
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To mark the launch of the ‘Lifting the Lid on Lobbying’ report, Transparency International UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption hosted a discussion in Parliament on the report’s conclusions and its implications for parliamentary standards and the rules on lobbying in the UK.

In February 2014 the UK media claimed that NHS England had, despite prior knowledge, invited a patients group entirely funded by the pharmaceutical industry and headed by a well-known pharmaceutical industry lobbyist to draft a report which could affect future NHS policy. The group is called the Specialised Healthcare Alliance and its Director, John Murray, also heads a lobbying firm whose clients include some of the world’s biggest drug and medical device firms.

We're delighted that Katherine Dixon will be joining us as our new Programme Director in the spring. We sat down with her to discuss her new role and her vision for the Defence and Security Programme in the years ahead.